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Q: Was it water that cause the potatoes to ruin during the Irish famine?
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Why did the conquistadors send potatoes to Europe?

The conquistadors sent potatoes to Europe because during the time a big famine in Ireland was happening, and the potatoes really solved there problem for a while. Later on a bad disease spreaded in the potatoes and cause them to turn into an inedible slime. The potatoes the caused a lot of deaths!


Thousands of Irish people died in the 1840s when the?

In 1840 The Great Famine happened, also known as the Potato famine. It was the cause of deaths for thousands of Irishmen and women.


What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the US in the 1840s?

Most of the immigration was caused by the potato famine, but some were caused when their king had switched to a England church because of his marriage. That caused England to be in control of Ireland which left them weak. Another when the black plague had spread to them from England and the Irish were mad at them cause now, England had made most of their troubles.


What was the Irish flee of hunger?

The Irish Famine, also known as the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, occurred from 1845 to 1852. It was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland due to the failure of the potato crop, which was a staple food for the Irish population. The famine resulted in the deaths of approximately one million people and caused widespread emigration from Ireland.


When this crop failed the Irish came to America to survive?

The failed crop (over several seasons) was the cause of the Irish Potato Famine. Many people starved to death, or succumbed to disease, while many sailed to America.

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What was the cause of the Irish potato famine?

Blight a disease that spread through potatoes


Why were Irish Halloween people coming to America during the Nineteenth Century?

The cause was the Great Irish Potato Famine, a staple of the Irish diet.See related link below!


Did diatom cause the Irish potato famine?

no, oomycetes.


How was the Irish Famine managed?

the Irish famine was not managed, it just cause all of the Irish to die or either migrate to the U.s. where they found hope and better jobs.


Are protist organisms any harm?

Yes protists cause disease , cause red tide, and the Irish potato famine Yes protists cause disease , cause red tide, and the Irish potato famine


Why did the conquistadors send potatoes to Europe?

The conquistadors sent potatoes to Europe because during the time a big famine in Ireland was happening, and the potatoes really solved there problem for a while. Later on a bad disease spreaded in the potatoes and cause them to turn into an inedible slime. The potatoes the caused a lot of deaths!


Which problem existed in the Irish economy that unlike irelands industrialized neighbor great Britain would cause its population to drop by millions of people?

the Irish economy heavily depended on potatoes and a blight wiped out the potato crop in the 1840 creating wildespread famine


What was the cause for a large amout of Irish immigration into the us in the 1840s?

seriously? the famine.


What is the cause of the blight Irish potato famine?

The wet mould phytophthora infestans. = =


Thousands of Irish people died in the 1840s when the?

In 1840 The Great Famine happened, also known as the Potato famine. It was the cause of deaths for thousands of Irishmen and women.


Did the British cause the potato famine in Ireland?

Ireland did not have its own government during the famine. It was still under British rule at that time.


What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the US in the 1840s?

Most of the immigration was caused by the potato famine, but some were caused when their king had switched to a England church because of his marriage. That caused England to be in control of Ireland which left them weak. Another when the black plague had spread to them from England and the Irish were mad at them cause now, England had made most of their troubles.